BEBOP JAZZ

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What does Bebop Jazz focus on?

focus on the music itself

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The tempo of Bebop Jazz?

Often faster tempos

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How is the sound of Bebop Jazz?

  • Often complex and rhythmical,

  • more chromatic (notes outside scale), and

  • more syncopated.

  • Huge leaps in the melody.

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Main Features in Bebop Jazz?

  • melodies less memorable

  • improvisation plays a big part

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Main instruments in Bebop Jazz?

Saxophone, Trumpet, Bass, Panio, Drums. the bass often ‘walks’

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Least common instruments in Bebop Jazz?

Clarinet and trombone

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What is Comping?

comping is the response that an instrument or melody has to the solo instrument

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What is the nature of the melody of Bebop Jazz?

The band plays the melody and might not repeat it again, or don’t repeat it often.

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Features of the soloists?

  • a lot of improvisation over the melody

  • may play several choruses so not just one

  • usually two/three soloists but could be one or all

  • After the solos are over, they may play the chorus again to end the song